The following is a digest of Sightings Reported on Birdpedia for the period
Monday, January 20, 2014 to Sunday, January 26, 2014:
Area: SA
Date: Monday, January 20, 2014
Location: On our blackened land at Rockleigh
Straw-necked Ibis (Threskiornis spinicollis) (70) First we saw a flock of 15
cruising overhead. Then 3 landed and foraged among the ashes. They vanished and
6 landed. Later in the day a flock of about 70 appeared, and finally a group of
about 40 landed and foraged. What on earth were they finding to eat ? All we
can see is scorched earth.
Magpie-lark (Grallina cyanoleuca) (2) We have been expecting a magpie lark to
pass through for almost five and half years, with no luck until today. There is
no normal magpie-lark habitat left, but they hung around all day. The land over
the road is unburnt, with plenty of trees and looks a far better foraging spot
for them.
Variegated Fairy-wren (Malurus lamberti) (6) By the time these turned up we
were almost used to seeing the unexpected. We have never seen wrens before !
They were flitting in burnt bushes in the gully where there are still burning
embers.
The day also brought 4 kestrels (cruising over all day), 3 wedgies, and 2 brown
falcons. To our eyes there was nothing edible moving in the landscape, only
half a dozen stumpy tails, well and truly dead, and a small dessicated snake.
Some trees are still burning 6 days after the fire inside hollow trunks, or
underground roots (mind where you put your feet = there are hot spots under
dust-filled holes)
Reported by: Barbara and Peter Bansemer on Monday, January 20, 2014
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Date: Monday, January 20, 2014
Location: Magazine Rd Wetland
Latham's Snipe (Gallinago hardwickii) (1) I bird clearly seen on mud on spit in
first pond on right of Magazine Rd. Possible second bird seen under trees on
left of pond.
Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus) (1) Flew overhead then landed in middle pond
on side of the track to bird hide
Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola) (2)
Australian Spotted Crake (Porzana fluminea) (2)
Shorebirds 2020 survey
Water levels now low, some ponds dry, no water in front of bird hide.
only 3 Sharp-tailed Sandpipers, 2 Common Greenshanks, 2 Red-capped Plovers, 4
Red-kneed Dotterels,
8 Royal Spoonbills, 2 Australian Shelduck, 6 European Greenfinch, plus all
other species normally seen at this site.
Possible sighting of a Rufous Fieldwren
Reported by: Sue Winwood on Monday, January 20, 2014
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Date: Monday, January 20, 2014
Location: Minlaton.(SA)
Letter-winged Kite (Elanus scriptus) (1) Good view of a single bird flying
along roadside south-west of Minlaton.
Hooded Plover (Thinornis rubricollis) (3) A pair with at least one 11-20 day
old chick on a salt lake south-east of Minlaton. The lake is over 13 kilometres
from Spencer Gulf.
Reported by: Kent Treloar on Monday, January 20, 2014
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Date: Monday, January 20, 2014
Location: Private Property Lower Light
Australian Pratincole (Stiltia isabella) (1) Single bird seen by property owner
in stubble paddock
Reported by: Winston Syson on Saturday, January 25, 2014
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Date: Tuesday, January 21, 2014
Location: Milang
Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola) (8) 8 Wood Sandpiper together with 2 Red-kneed
Dotterel and about 5 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper in 'pond' on NE edge of the Milang
Caravan Park. This pond is rapidly drying out and the water level has dropped
considerably since my last visit on 9/1/2014.
Reported by: Bob Snell on Wednesday, January 22, 2014
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Date: Tuesday, January 21, 2014
Location: Browns Road, Monarto
Pied Honeyeater (Certhionyx variegatus) (1) 1 Male Pied Honeyeater seen on the
west side of the loop track - 30m south of the small tank.
Phone number 0407398234
Reported by: Steve Potter on Tuesday, January 21, 2014
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Date: Tuesday, January 21, 2014
Location: Private Property Lower Light
Orange Chat (Epthianura aurifrons) (1) Single Male bird on fence wire
Black Falcon (Falco subniger) (1) Bird flew over the top of us and landed on
water trough
Bluebonnet (Northiella haematogaster) (30) big numbers on this property
Red-backed Kingfisher (Todiramphus pyrrhopygius) (1) Single bird sighted and
heard calling
Reported by: Winston Syson on Saturday, January 25, 2014
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Date: Tuesday, January 21, 2014
Location: Intersection of Ballara Ave and Walkley Ave, Warradale
Barbary Dove (Streptopelia roseogrisea) (1) A single bird calling from overhead
power lines.
Reported by: Martyn Price on Thursday, January 23, 2014
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Date: Wednesday, January 22, 2014
Location: Rush Lagoon, Kangaroo Island
Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos) (2) feeding with Sharp-tailed
Sandpipers, mud and shallows, Rush Lagoon, KI, 22 Jan 14
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (Calidris acuminata) (c300) feeding in mud and shallows,
Rush Lagoon, KI, 22 Jan 14.
Red-necked Stint (Calidris ruficollis) (c100) resting in short grass away from
water; with Red-capped Plovers, Rush Lagoon, KI, 22 Jan 14
Red-necked Avocet (Recurvirostra novaehollandiae) (131) easily largest
concentration of Red-necked Avocets seen on KI; Rush Lagoon, KI, 22 Jan 14
Banded Stilt (Cladorhynchus leucocephalus) (c1300) mostly feeding in remnant
floodwater in paddock on E side of Rush Lagoon, KI, 22 Jan 14; no leg flags
seen.
Blue-billed Duck (Oxyura australis) (c500) throughout deeper water of lagoon
proper; many bright breeding plumaged males present; Rush Lagoon, KI, 22 Jan 14
Red-kneed Dotterel (Erythrogonys cinctus) (2) pair feeding in muddy shallows in
boggy paddock at N end of Rush Lagoon, KI, 22 Jan 14
Black-tailed Native-hen (Gallinula ventralis) (150) adults and full grown
young, pasture and paperbarks fringing Rush Lagoon, KI, 22 Jan 14
Hardhead (Aythya australis) (300) out on deep water of lagoon proper, Rush
Lagoon, KI, 22 Jan 14
Grey Teal (Anas gracilis) (c3000) feeding and camped throughout lagoon shore
and paddock floodwaters, Rush Lagoon, KI, 22 Jan 14
Reported by: Chris Baxter on Wednesday, January 22, 2014
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